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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-18

…ed with the customer; 6° The duration of the contract and the conditions for renewal, amendment and termination; 7° The identity of the owner of the tank; 8° The possibility of recourse to a consumer…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article L342-17

The foreign national may ask the liberties and detention judge for the assistance of an interpreter and for his or her file to be communicated. The same applies to the ad hoc administrator in the case…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article L342-18

During the period in which he is held at the disposal of the courts, under the conditions set out in article

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article L342-16

The foreign national may ask the liberties and detention judge to appoint counsel ex officio.The unaccompanied minor is assisted by a lawyer chosen by the ad hoc administrator or, failing that, appoin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Termination of detention in the waiting area

Article L342-19

…y the end of the period set by the last detention decision, the foreign national is authorised to enter France on a regularisation visa for a period of eight days. He/she must have left French territo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-18

The tool mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 224-43 allows electronic communications operators, within the meaning of 6° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-19

Electronic communications operators, within the meaning of 6° of article L. 32 du code des postes et des communications électroniques, exploitant un ou plusieurs numéros à valeur ajoutée, sont informé…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Marriage brokerage contracts

Article R242-17

A failure by a professional to provide his co-contractor, at the time of conclusion of the contract, with a copy of the contract, with its annex, as provided for in article L. 224-90 is punishable by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Marriage brokerage contracts

Article R242-16

If a trader fails to mention in the annex to the contract provided for in article L. 224-90 the information provided for in article R. 224-1, is punishable by a 5th class fine.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Marriage brokerage contracts

Article R242-18

The fact that a professional collects, before expiry of the waiver period provided for in article L. 224-91, a payment or deposit in any form whatsoever is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th cla…

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